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Family history in the National Archives of Scotland

In the National Archives
of Scotland (NAS) you will find records created by Scottish government
from the 12th century until the present day, along with private
records created by businesses, landed estates, families, courts,
churches and other corporate bodies. Some of these are important
sources for family history.

Census returns and registers of births, marriages and deaths

The first thing to grasp about the NAS is that it does not hold civil
registers of births, marriages and deaths, nor old parish registers
of the Church of Scotland, nor census returns. These are all held
at the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS). If you want to
visit the GROS in person look at the GROS website. To find out what
can be searched online, use the ScotlandsPeople website.

Family history in the NAS

If you have identified material in the NAS and want to consult this
in one of the NAS buildings in Edinburgh, find out more about the
NAS search rooms.

Find out how to carry out research
remotely by searching online, or by enquiring by post, e-mail,
telephone or fax.